“Today my broken face is the true face of the system in the Islamic Republic of Iran. I am now the symbol of justice that, if viewed correctly, puts on display the full extent of the oppression by the rulers of the Islamic Republic.

“My worn-out body and face reveal, paradoxically, the proclaimed justice and the true oppression. Anyone who sees me now asks in surprise, ‘Are you Akbar Ganji? What have they done to you?’ ”

From Ganji’s Letter to the

Free People of the World,


Human Rights News From Iran : Ganji, From Iranian true believer to dissident By Azar Nafisi